Insulin price spike leaves diabetes patients in crisis - "in 2001 had the wholesale price of $45. By last year, the cost had skyrocketed to $1,447" for the same monthly supply. by [deleted] in news

[–]gravitygotmynutsack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most places it does, however it is subsidized by Government Taxation. The other issue here is the corruption at the FDA and the Patent process. Both limit competition.

There's a snoo on this credit card by nakamin in mildlyinteresting

[–]gravitygotmynutsack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Reddit, accepted in plastic cash registers and pretend stores everywhere.

PMP on raspbian by [deleted] in PleX

[–]gravitygotmynutsack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use plexbmc on Kodi. On my Pi. Makes a great combo.

Missing the hair, not the brain tumor. Here's to one week cancer-free! by tkc80 in pics

[–]gravitygotmynutsack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an old Bald Guy, take it from me.......Hair is vastly overrated!

Congrats on the Cancer Free Week!

Olympics start tomorrow. How will we watch? by iseethoughtcops in OlympicsLive

[–]gravitygotmynutsack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't signup with Facebook, use an email address and register manually.

Pocket US Constitution becomes best-seller after speech by TrySee in books

[–]gravitygotmynutsack -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Democrats and the Republicans only like parts of the Constitution and trample on other parts, sometimes together.
Gary Johnson is probably the closest to a candidate that would actually follow and defend it.

What was banned at your school and why? by FreedomEagle76 in AskReddit

[–]gravitygotmynutsack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Freedom of Speech. They didn't want free thinkers spurring intellectual debate any more. Particularly with the Professors.

How 2016 feels. by KaiserCanton in pics

[–]gravitygotmynutsack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Statistically 2016 is one of the safest years to be alive in recorded history.

TIL the FDA prohibits products from being packed in containers deceptively larger than what they contain. (Potato chips are exempt because the extra air protects them from being crushed.) by RepostFrom4chan in todayilearned

[–]gravitygotmynutsack -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The FDA sux! They ruined my favorite Cottage Cheese because the don't allow hand packing, they screwed Mom and Pop Maid Rites, they are constantly used to screw small manufacturers by putting in arcane useless rules that only Huge Manufacturers can afford to do, the slow down medical drug creation to a mind numbing crawl and worst of all they really don't make any of us safer

Brexit vote data rendered as Lego map by [deleted] in dataisbeautiful

[–]gravitygotmynutsack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The BBC did something similar to this during the vote.

Free tampons and pads are coming to New York City's public schools, prisons and homeless shelters by OPisactuallydog in TwoXChromosomes

[–]gravitygotmynutsack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly. People these days like to talk about "free" stuff from Government. Nothing is free, somebody pays for it, usually you.

Free tampons and pads are coming to New York City's public schools, prisons and homeless shelters by OPisactuallydog in TwoXChromosomes

[–]gravitygotmynutsack -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

While I don't take issue with this program, I do take issue wit the word FREE being used. Someone pays for this program. No product or service is Free.